WSET Level 1 Award in Sake
₹ 18,000.00
Description
The WSET Level 1 Award in Sake is an internationally recognised qualification from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust, regulated by Ofqual (UK). Tulleeho is one of the very few providers delivering WSET Sake qualifications in India. This hands-on introductory course explores the main styles and types of sake through sight, smell, and taste, building confident, structured knowledge of Japan’s most elegant drink.
Who Is This Course For?
- Sommeliers, hospitality professionals, and beverage managers looking to add sake to their expertise
- Restaurant and hotel staff who want to recommend and serve sake with confidence
- Sake enthusiasts curious about the world’s most nuanced fermented beverage
- Anyone starting their WSET sake journey with no prior knowledge required
What You Will Learn
- Basic principles of sake production: rice, water, koji, and yeast
- The main types and styles of sake: Junmai, Ginjo, Daiginjo, Honjozo, Nigori, and more
- How polishing ratio affects the character and quality of sake
- How to describe sake using the WSET Level 1 Systematic Approach to Tasting Sake® (SAT)
- Factors affecting sake flavour: fruity, floral, savoury, umami
- How to serve sake — temperature, vessels, and etiquette
- Food and sake pairing principles
What’s Included in the Course Fee
- WSET Level 1 Award in Sake workbook
- WSET Systematic Approach to Tasting Sake® (SAT) guide
- Tuition, guided tasting samples, examination, and digital certificate
- WSET lapel pin (dispatched separately after results)
Total Qualification Time (TQT) Guided Learning Hours (GLH): 6 hours (minimum) | In-Person
Tasting Samples Tasting Samples
Level 1 is an introductory course that includes 7 or more tutored tastings of a variety of sake styles, so students can begin to recognise differences in aroma, flavour, texture and quality. Typical samples could include benchmark styles such as:
- Honjōzō (basic/standard sake)
- Junmai
- Ginjō or Junmai Ginjō
- Daiginjō or Junmai Daiginjō
- Nama-zake (unpasteurized)
- Nigori (cloudy)
- Sparkling sake
- Koshu (aged sake)
A range of sake samples across key styles is included as part of the course. All samples are provided on the course day.
*Sample selection is subject to factors such as excise regulations, availability, and registrations, and may change at short notice for the course.
Exam Details
- Format: Multiple-choice questions, closed-book
- Pass mark: 70%
- Conducted at the end of the course day
- Regulated by Ofqual, UK
Grade Breakdown
| Grade | Score |
| Pass with Distinction | 90% and above |
| Pass with Merit | 80% – 89% |
| Pass | 70% – 79% |
| Fail | 60% – 69% |
| Fail Unclassified | Below 60% |
On Successful Completion You Will Receive
- Official WSET Level 1 Award in Sake certificate (digital certificate issued via WSET Global Campus after results are released)
- WSET lapel pin (dispatched separately after results are confirmed, please allow 4–6 weeks for delivery)
- A foundation to progress to WSET Level 2 Award in Sake
Prerequisites None. No prior sake knowledge is required. You must be of legal drinking age in your state/city to participate in tastings.
Re-sit A re-sit fee applies if you do not pass on your first attempt. Please contact us for current re-sit pricing before booking. You are not permitted to re-sit a qualification solely to improve a Pass grade.
Reasonable Adjustments If you require any reasonable adjustments to participate in this course or sit the examination, please indicate this at the time of booking and a member of our team will contact you.
Fee is all-inclusive: tuition, guided tasting samples, WSET study materials, examination, and digital certificate. WSET lapel pin dispatched separately after results. A 5% industry discount is available for hospitality professionals.
Additional information
| City | Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi |
|---|---|
| Date | TBA, 20th June 2026 |
Cancellation policy
Cancellation Policy
- To cancel your booking, write to us at least 7 working days before the course start date. North: [email protected] | West & South: [email protected]
- Cancellations received at least 7 working days before the start date: a cancellation charge of ₹4,000 (plus applicable taxes) will be deducted; the remaining fee will be refunded within 15 working days.
- Cancellations received less than 7 working days before the course date: no refund will be issued.
- If Tulleeho Beverage Academy cancels the course: the full fee will be refunded within 15 working days.
If applicable, payment gateway charges will be deducted from the refund.
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PS: Applicants must be of legal drinking age in their state/city.
Program Calendar
City: Mumbai
Date: 30th June 2026
Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Trainer: Mika Eoka
Fee: INR 18,000
5% discount to hospitality professionals
Contact Sumit for more information at +91 99670 54856
City: Bangalore
Date: TBA
Time: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
Trainer: Mika
Fee: INR 18,000
5% discount to hospitality professionals
Contact Sumit for more information at +91 99670 54856
City: Delhi
Date: TBA
Time: 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Trainer: Mika
Fee: INR 18,000
5% discount to hospitality professionals
Contact Manu for more information at +91 7011702081
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📍Brazil 🇧🇷 | 2023
Catch Stop 3 on the grid before you scroll further!
“She’s a witch.” Not for spell-casting, but for the quality of her Cachaça. That’s how the owner of Trinca, São Paulo, described Maria Izabel.
Cachaça is Brazil’s national spirit, fermented sugarcane juice. Not molasses like most rum. Not pressed juice like Rum Agricole. Its own thing entirely. I first discovered fine Cachaça at the German Rum Festival in Berlin, 2015. Until then, only cheaper labels in India.
A pit stop in Paraty first, Costa Verde’s cobbled colonial town, dotted with Cachacarias. Then, an unmarked jungle road with Jhony, my Uber driver, until a hacienda appeared on a headland by the Atlantic. Infinity pool. Alembic still. Marmosets fed by hand. Not your usual distillery.
Maria Izabel’s family made Cachaça in the 1700s. She bought this estate in 1986, brought the first seedlings out by canoe, no roads then. “I had an idea, therefore.” 4,000 litres a year. Cane is cut and processed the same day. Soil rotated between cycles. No other Paraty producer follows her practices.
Eight expressions, a Blue Cachaça flavoured with mandarin leaves, an unaged Prata, Jequitiba-aged, through to an 8-year-old finished in Port casks. Maturation room below: Jequitiba, American Oak, Port Pipes, French Oak. “Just drink these neat.”
Tasting cost: 10 Reais. Bottles’ home: considerably more.
Her daughter, a potter, had just fed the marmosets outside. Inside sat a Ganesha she had made. A quiet India-Brazil moment. “I don’t even drink alcohol,” she told me.
What happens to a legacy this old when its keeper is gone? Perhaps a grandchild finds her diaries and starts again.
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